Microsoft Certification Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 168 187
Rank change year-on-year -20 +19 +10
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certification 123 125 213
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.78% 1.46% 1.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.70% 3.50% 4.10%
Number of salaries quoted 107 92 152
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,300 £26,825
25th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +16.13% -3.13%
75th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £51,563
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,147 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.86% +0.33% -10.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,323 3,575 5,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 21.10% 41.67% 31.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,960 1,615 3,341
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £39,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £51,485
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +1.97% -1.93%
75th Percentile £75,281 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certification in the South East

Microsoft Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire -5 44 £27,750 -26.00% 7
Thames Valley 0 41 £47,500 +11.76% 22
Berkshire +19 20 £47,500 -7.32% 13
Kent -9 19 £30,000 - 6
Buckinghamshire -25 11 £67,500 +92.86% 6
Oxfordshire -18 10 £32,500 +4.84% 3
East Sussex -11 6 £40,000 -32.20% 2
Surrey -41 6 £49,500 +10.00% 9
Middlesex +36 2 £65,000 - 4
West Sussex -16 2 £31,000 -38.00% 2
Microsoft Certification
England

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 22 (17.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (9.76%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.88%) Apache
3 6 (4.88%) nginx
4 5 (4.07%) WordPress
Applications
1 49 (39.84%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.63%) PTC Creo
2 2 (1.63%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (5.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.81%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 68 (55.28%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (40.65%) Azure
3 19 (15.45%) Entra ID
4 15 (12.20%) AWS
5 9 (7.32%) Azure Functions
5 9 (7.32%) Azure Monitor
5 9 (7.32%) Serverless
6 8 (6.50%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (6.50%) SaaS
7 5 (4.07%) GitHub
7 5 (4.07%) IaaS
8 4 (3.25%) Google Workspace
9 3 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.44%) Mimecast
9 3 (2.44%) Power Automate
9 3 (2.44%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.63%) GCP
10 2 (1.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (21.95%) Firewall
2 21 (17.07%) DNS
2 21 (17.07%) LAN
3 18 (14.63%) WAN
4 15 (12.20%) DHCP
5 14 (11.38%) VPN
6 13 (10.57%) VLAN
7 8 (6.50%) WLAN
8 7 (5.69%) VoIP
8 7 (5.69%) Wireless
9 6 (4.88%) TCP/IP
10 5 (4.07%) Internet
10 5 (4.07%) SSL
11 4 (3.25%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (1.63%) Asterisk PBX
12 2 (1.63%) LTE
12 2 (1.63%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (1.63%) VSAT
13 1 (0.81%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.57%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.32%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.44%) Power BI
3 3 (2.44%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 14 (11.38%) Git
2 2 (1.63%) JIRA
General
1 86 (69.92%) Social Skills
2 10 (8.13%) Finance
3 9 (7.32%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (6.50%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.50%) Retail
5 7 (5.69%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.69%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.07%) French Language
6 5 (4.07%) Multimedia
7 4 (3.25%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.63%) Electronics
9 2 (1.63%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 38 (30.89%) IT Support
2 32 (26.02%) Analyst
3 23 (18.70%) Support Technician
4 22 (17.89%) Support Analyst
5 20 (16.26%) 1st Line Support
5 20 (16.26%) 1st Line Support Technician
6 17 (13.82%) IT Analyst
6 17 (13.82%) IT Support Analyst
7 14 (11.38%) IT Engineer
8 11 (8.94%) IT Support Engineer
8 11 (8.94%) Senior
8 11 (8.94%) Support Engineer
9 8 (6.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 8 (6.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
9 8 (6.50%) 2nd Line Support
9 8 (6.50%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 8 (6.50%) Developer
10 7 (5.69%) Operations Manager
10 7 (5.69%) Service Analyst
10 7 (5.69%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.13%) .NET
2 5 (4.07%) CSS
2 5 (4.07%) HTML
2 5 (4.07%) Web Services
3 1 (0.81%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.81%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.81%) React
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.63%) Driving Licence
2 7 (5.69%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.63%) Industry 4.0
4 2 (1.63%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.63%) PKI
4 2 (1.63%) Replication
4 2 (1.63%) SCADA
4 2 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.81%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.81%) N-Tier
5 1 (0.81%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 41 (33.33%) Windows
2 27 (21.95%) Windows Server
3 9 (7.32%) Linux
4 7 (5.69%) Windows 10
5 6 (4.88%) Mac OS
5 6 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (4.07%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.63%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.81%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (35.77%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (26.02%) Customer Service
3 26 (21.14%) Mentoring
4 25 (20.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (15.45%) Computer Science
6 18 (14.63%) ITIL
7 17 (13.82%) Disaster Recovery
8 13 (10.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 12 (9.76%) ITSM
10 11 (8.94%) ERP
10 11 (8.94%) High Availability
11 10 (8.13%) Cloud Security
11 10 (8.13%) CRM
11 10 (8.13%) Software Engineering
12 9 (7.32%) API Management
12 9 (7.32%) CI/CD
13 7 (5.69%) Performance Metrics
13 7 (5.69%) Proactive Monitoring
13 7 (5.69%) Project Delivery
13 7 (5.69%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.01%) SQL
2 12 (9.76%) Python
3 10 (8.13%) C#
3 10 (8.13%) PowerShell
4 9 (7.32%) Ruby
5 6 (4.88%) JavaScript
6 5 (4.07%) R
7 3 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.63%) Bash
8 2 (1.63%) Java
8 2 (1.63%) Perl
Qualifications
1 64 (52.03%) Degree
2 33 (26.83%) A+ Certification
3 26 (21.14%) Azure Certification
4 14 (11.38%) MCSE
5 12 (9.76%) AWS Certification
6 11 (8.94%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 9 (7.32%) HNC
8 8 (6.50%) Security Cleared
8 8 (6.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 7 (5.69%) DBS Check
10 6 (4.88%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (4.88%) MCSA
10 6 (4.88%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (4.88%) SC Cleared
11 5 (4.07%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 5 (4.07%) CCNA
12 4 (3.25%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (1.63%) CTC Cleared
14 2 (1.63%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.94%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (6.50%) GDPR
3 7 (5.69%) QA
4 5 (4.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.81%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.81%) NCSC
6 1 (0.81%) NIST
System Software
1 29 (23.58%) Active Directory
2 22 (17.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (15.45%) Hyper-V
4 6 (4.88%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (4.07%) XenApp
6 4 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (2.44%) Squid
Systems Management
1 17 (13.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.25%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (2.44%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.63%) SCCM
4 2 (1.63%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 2 (1.63%) WSUS
5 1 (0.81%) Autotask
Vendors
1 121 (98.37%) Microsoft
2 28 (22.76%) VMware
3 14 (11.38%) Veeam
4 10 (8.13%) Cisco
5 9 (7.32%) Oracle
6 8 (6.50%) ServiceNow
7 7 (5.69%) HubSpot
8 6 (4.88%) Apple
8 6 (4.88%) Citrix
8 6 (4.88%) SonicWALL
9 4 (3.25%) Datto
9 4 (3.25%) Dell
9 4 (3.25%) Google
10 3 (2.44%) Acronis
10 3 (2.44%) N-able
11 2 (1.63%) CA Agile Central
11 2 (1.63%) Draytek
11 2 (1.63%) Fortinet
11 2 (1.63%) Juniper
11 2 (1.63%) WatchGuard